Home›Sources›Encyclopaedia BritannicaSourcesEncyclopaedia BritannicaReference EncyclopediaCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextMedicine Atlas. "Encyclopaedia Britannica." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/sources/encyclopaedia-britannica.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextMedicine Atlas. (n.d.). Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/sources/encyclopaedia-britannicaCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{medicineatlas-encyclopaedia-britannica, author = {Medicine Atlas}, title = {Encyclopaedia Britannica}, year = {2026}, url = {https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/sources/encyclopaedia-britannica}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedA long-running general reference encyclopedia, cited here for its articles on medical history, specialties and figures.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (125 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsPublisherWell-attestedEncyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.Source TypeWell-attestedreferenceReliability TierWell-attested1SourcesEncyclopaedia Britannicatier 1Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.Claims Backed By This Source (125 claims)This source backs 125 claims across the atlas. As facts: 74 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds, 1 connected. Plus 44 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicConditions, 32 claims: 23 well-attested, 9 general references.Medical Specialties, 22 claims: 11 well-attested, 11 general references.Discoveries, 21 claims: 12 well-attested, 1 connected, 8 general references.Medical Institutions, 18 claims: 7 well-attested, 5 holds, 6 general references.Healers, 15 claims: 10 well-attested, 5 general references.Treatments, 9 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 holds, 4 general references.Articles, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.Well-attested74ArticlesA Nobel That Came Too Late to ShareConditionsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseCholeraDiabetes MellitusInfluenzaMalariaPoliomyelitisSmallpoxTuberculosisDiscoveriesAnesthesiaBlood GroupsGerm Theory of DiseaseIsolation of InsulinPenicillinStructure of DNAVaccinationX-raysHealersFlorence NightingaleHippocratesIbn SinaJohn SnowLouis PasteurMedical InstitutionsCenters for Disease Control and PreventionDoctors Without BordersNational Health ServicePasteur InstituteRed Cross MovementWorld Health OrganizationMedical SpecialtiesAnesthesiologyCardiologyEmergency MedicineEpidemiologyMedical GeneticsNeurologyOncologyPediatricsPsychiatryPublic HealthSurgerySourcesEncyclopaedia BritannicaTreatmentsAntibioticsChemotherapyDialysisOrgan TransplantationHolds6Medical InstitutionsDoctors Without BordersPasteur InstituteWellcome TrustTreatmentsVaccinationConnected1DiscoveriesVaccinationGeneral References44ArticlesA Nobel That Came Too Late to ShareConditionsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseCholeraDiabetes MellitusInfluenzaMalariaPoliomyelitisSmallpoxTuberculosisDiscoveriesAnesthesiaBlood GroupsGerm Theory of DiseaseIsolation of InsulinPenicillinStructure of DNAVaccinationX-raysHealersFlorence NightingaleHippocratesIbn SinaJohn SnowLouis PasteurMedical InstitutionsCenters for Disease Control and PreventionDoctors Without BordersNational Health ServicePasteur InstituteRed Cross MovementWorld Health OrganizationMedical SpecialtiesAnesthesiologyCardiologyEmergency MedicineEpidemiologyMedical GeneticsNeurologyOncologyPediatricsPsychiatryPublic HealthSurgeryTreatmentsAntibioticsChemotherapyDialysisOrgan TransplantationComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year